DEPOSITION OF OSWALD POHL
Deposition on oath of Oswald POHL, male, of Armsen 89, sworn before William K. MURDOCH, Capt. P.C., of War Crimes Investigation Unit at Tomato on 28 May 46.
I can testify with certainty that I have spoken to and seen SS-Obergruppenfuehrer Ernst KALTENBRUNNER on official business in the fall of 1943 or spring of 1944 in the Officers' Mess in MAUTHAUSEN, located at the righthand side in front of the camp entrance. I had there with him my noonday meal.
[signed] Oswald POHL
Sworn by the said Deponent, Oswald POHL voluntarily at Tomato on 28 May 1946 before William K. MURDOCH, Capt. P.C., detailed by C-in-C, British Army of the Rhine.
[signed] W. K. MURDOCH Capt. P.C.
War Crimes Investigation Unit.
ELATION OF DOCUMENT 4038-PS
[From front page of the o^ily newspaper, the "New Warsaw Courier," No. 56 of 7 March 1941, published in Polish by the German authorities in Warsaw.]
Chief of the District Warsaw
DECREE
On 7 March 1941 in the morning, a German, Igo Sym, director of the Theater of the City of Warsaw, was shot in his residence by a Pole.
Due to this horrible crime, I issue the following orders:
(1) Arrest of a considerable number of hostages.
(2) Prohibition of all performances in Polish theaters, cabarets, restaurants, and other places of entertainment up to and including 7 April.
(3) Curfew for Poles from 8 p.m. until 5 a.m.
If the name of the criminal has not been reported to the German authorities within three days the hostages will be shot.
This decree comes into force with its publication.
Warsaw, 7 March 1941 .
[signed] Dr. Fischer
Governor
Depostion concerning a meeting between Pohl and Kaltenbrunner at Mauthausen in 1943-44
Authors
Oswald Pohl (Chief of WVHA (SS Econ. and Admin. Main Office); Lt. General Waffen SS)
Oswald Pohl
German SS functionary, head of the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office, convicted war criminal (1892-1951)
- Born: 1892-06-30 (Duisburg)
- Died: 1951-06-07 1951-06-08 (Landsberg Prison)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Member of: Schutzstaffel; Sturmabteilung
- Participant in: Nuremberg Medical Trial (role: affiant); Operation Reinhard; Pohl Trial (role: defendant)
- Military rank: Obergruppenführer
Date: 28 May 1946
Literal Title: Deposition of Oswald Pohl
Defendant: Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-4033
HLSL Item No.: 451775